Comment 5 for bug 381904

a simplified case to trigger a crash:

[root@ankh-th ~]# mysql -u test -p test
Enter password:
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
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Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.1.35 PLD Linux Distribution MySQL RPM

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> create table x (a int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select 1 from x;
ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server during query
mysql> Bye
[root@ankh-th ~]#